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Joen
began quilt making in 1974 after she left her career in the educational field
to become a homemaker. Her interest in color, design, and technical
exploration surfaced in the early 1980s. She is noted for being the
innovator of several techniques, including strip-pieced landscapes, pictorial
log cabin quilts, and organic curved designs (overall curved designs). She
was the innovator of the free-form freezer paper technique, which is often
used in curved and straight-line piecing. Her work is included in collections
throughout the world. Joen has taught and lectured both nationally
and internationally since 1984. She is the author of six books: Landscapes & Illusions;
The Magical Effects of Color; The Visual Dance; Patchwork Persuasion-Fascinating
Quilts from Traditional Designs; Make Any Block Any Size and Color
Play. In 2002 she developed the 3-in-1 Color Tool, an innovative
tool for selecting colors and fabrics. Joen has created over 200 block
designs during the past three decades. She has begun publishing a selection
of these patterns under her company name Joen Wolfrom Designs. Look
for Joen’s new book Visual Coloring - A Fool Proof Approach to
Color Selection in May, 2007. 
For
several decades now, Elly Sienkiewicz has been designing, stitching, writing
and teaching on quilts. Author of 19 appliqué books, Elly received
the Quilt Industry’s 2003 Silver Star Award for significant influence
on the contemporary quiltworld. Elly’s Appliqué 12 Easy
Ways! won the Quilt Industry Classics Award for Best Book on appliqué. C&T
Publishing sponsored two major Baltimore Album Revival Exhibitions to celebrate
her books’ impact on the decades-long Baltimore Album and Appliqué Revival.
Before becoming so deeply involved with group-made Albums, Elly’s individual
work hung at shows across the country and at Museums and Galleries in and around
Washington, DC, her home town. Inspiring as both a teacher and speaker, she
has lectured for the Smithsonian Institution, across the country, and on five
continents. Her work is widely published in quilt magazines in the US,
Europe, and Japan, and in The Magazine Antiques, Folk Art Magazine, Victoria
and Threads.
Christine
has taught, lectured and judged, throughout Great Britain and the United
States. In addition she teaches regularly in the United States in locations
which include Empty Spools Seminar Asilomar California, Quilt Festival Houston,
Quilters Affair Sisters Oregon, The Pacific International Quilt Festival,
The World Quilt & Textile Show, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. She has
also taught on Quilt Celebration cruises from San Diego to Mexico, Tampa
to the Caribbean and from Seattle to Alaska. Christine has taught in Canada,
Ireland and Norway. 2006 sees her return several times to the USA as well
as teaching in Britain, New Zealand and France.
Jane A. Sassaman is a contemporary quilt artist, fabric designer, author
and teacher whose critically acclaimed work inspires creative confidence in
aspiring artists of all backgrounds. Her quilts are known for their bold
designs celebrating the beauty of garden flowers and plants.
Velda Newman is an internationally recognized contemporary quilt artist, author
and lecturer from Northern California. Known for her large scale, mostly organic
designs, Velda creates original quilts of exceptional beauty and craftsmanship.
For the past 18 years Velda's work has appeared in many national and international
exhibitions and has been featured in over 30 publications, including Quilter's
Newsletter and Threads magazine. She lives in Northern California and is the
mother of 4 and the grandmother of 10.